The Hitching Stone
The Hitching Stone is a gritstone erratic block on Keighley Moor, North Yorkshire, near Earl Crag and the village of Cowling. It is very close to the border between North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire and the border between Yorkshire and Lancashire.- Type: Rock
- Description: gritstone erratic in Yorkshire
- Also known as: “Hitching Stone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lund’s Tower and Wainman’s Pinnacle.
Lund’s Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Lund's Tower is a stone-built folly situated to the south-west of the North Yorkshire village of Sutton-in-Craven. It is also known as Cowling Pinnacle, Sutton Pinnacle, the Ethel Tower, the Jubilee Tower or, in conjunction with the nearby Wainman's Pinnacle, the pair are referred to as the Salt and Pepper Pots. Lund’s Tower is situated 1 mile north of The Hitching Stone.
Wainman’s Pinnacle
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wainman's Pinnacle, originally built as a folly, is a stone obelisk in Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire. It tends to be referred to as ‘Cowling Pinnacle’ or 'The Salt Pot' and could also be seen as being a part of the village of Cowling. Wainman’s Pinnacle is situated 4,000 feet north of The Hitching Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cowling and Middleton.
Cowling
Village
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Cowling is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, bordering West Yorkshire and Lancashire. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Middleton
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Cowling. It is near the border with West Yorkshire located west of Keighley, West Yorkshire and consists of only one row of stone-built cottages. Middleton is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Hitching Stone.
Sutton-in-Craven
Village
Sutton-in-Craven is a village, electoral ward and a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England that is situated in the Aire Valley between Skipton and Keighley. Sutton-in-Craven is situated 2 miles northeast of The Hitching Stone.
The Hitching Stone
- Categories: glacial erratic and landform
- Location: Sutton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.87152° or 53° 52′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.0218° or 2° 1′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C5VVXCH+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 746337854OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockWikidata ID
Q54963465
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